I participated in my first triathlon last weekend; and I won! Hurray! It’s a sprint mini and it rocked. It was on the shore of Ontario Lake in Toronto. It went great and I can't forget to mention my great company. One of my best friends came for the whole day and gave me crazy awesome support! What a blessing. The triathlon consisted of 400m swim, 10k bike ride, and 2.5k run. There was 140 people

From July 31st to the 6th of August I followed a winding, treacherous trail on the western shore of Vancouver Island. The trail was originally established in 1890 because of the thousands of deaths that took place on the shoreline. So many Ships sunk on this fog-prone coastline that it was given the name “the grave yard of the pacific.” Though when modern technology became reliable enough the trail was no longer needed for washed up sailors and such. At that time ambitious hikers looking for a challenge took the trail over. In the recent years the West Coast Trail has attracted over 8000 hikers per year and though they come to experience the beauty they are also challenged by the most arduous and dynamic hiking terrain in the world. Described, “as the toughest trek in North America” by many, there is still those that would agree with me, “it’s a walk in the park.”

I have taken just under 400 pictures of my travels…I know, I know, there’s a lot though I just couldn’t stop that index finger. Highlights; well the highlight for me was meeting such a wide range of culture, which inevitably comes with the diverse nationality. I met only three people from Canada and a whole slew of people from around Europe as well as the all over the eastern world. Talking with these people was a pleasure, from the heavy accents, to the unreal lives these people lead. Another highlight was of coarse the profound beauty of this coastline. I must tell you that most of BC is beautiful but the West Coast Trail is especially beautiful.

My suggestion for anyone wanting to the West Coast Trail in the future is to pack light, light, light! And plan to do it in ten days not 5-7 as the site suggests. You need time to chill and with 5-7 days it’s go-go-go.

Jfjdjslkdj;lgkjal;gdkhjal;ksgl;kajsd  So I went to go sky diving on July 1^st with my father though after the six hour prep class and exam the wind had picked up to 35 km and a storm was moving in. So my father and I didn’t end up going though we have the next 60 days to rebook. I signed my father and myself up for the PFF sky dive. This means Progressive Free Fall. The cool thing about PPF is we get to dive and free fall by ourselves on the first shot, which is basically unheard of; though the swoop Dundas skydiving school offered it. What happens in PFF is there are two instructors diving on each side of you and if you don’t pull the shoot they will pull out your pilot for you; which ignites your shoot. Then you glide to the ground for about five minutes and the radio strapped to you allows the instructor to talk you through the maneuvers and landing procedure. I can’t wait.

Went to one of my friends weddings from grade school and it was great! I got to see alot of old friends and I captured some perfect moments with my camera. I was working with photoshop and created these.

other neat photos...